British Airways flights, operated by Danish airline SUN-AIR, will restart between Manchester and Billund in Southern Denmark on 31 October 2022.
After a two-year hiatus, the British Airways franchise partner will restore the five-times weekly service between Manchester Airport and Billund, the Danish city famous for being the home of iconic toymaker, LEGO.
Prior to the pandemic, the service operated for over two decades and carried more than 460,000 passengers from Manchester. The Danish city is popular with business travellers as a gateway to the wider Jutland region, as well as visitors to the original Legoland theme park and factory.
SUN-AIR suspended UK flights in March 2020, but resumed its service between Billund and London City Airport in September, with Manchester services following from the end of October.
Niels Sundberg, CEO of SUN-AIR, said:
“We are incredibly pleased to restart this route from Billund and offer our passengers a direct connection to Manchester with our well-known full-service product on behalf of British Airways. We’ll monitor the route closely and will look to increase frequency if we achieve the support on this service that we saw pre-pandemic.”
Chris Fordyce, Head of Alliances at British Airways, said:
“As the aviation industry continues to recover from the pandemic, it’s really encouraging to see SUN-AIR restarting routes that have been on hold. This route will offer even greater connectivity between Denmark and the UK, and we look forward to seeing its popularity return.”
Manchester Airport Managing Director, Chris Woodroofe, added:
“We are delighted to see SUN-AIR and British Airways resuming flights to Billund. This is a very successful, long-standing service, which plays a crucial role in connecting more than 22 million people in our wider catchment area with six million people in mainland Denmark. I am sure that it will prove to be just as popular as it was prior to the pandemic.”
